Community Arts Partnership Re-launches the United Arts Fund
February 25, 2008 (ITHACA, NY)—In 2008, the Community Arts Partnership (CAP) is resurrecting a program that puts local funds into the hands of Tompkins County’s artists and arts organizations. The United Arts Fund, dormant since 2004, re-launches this year with two competitive grant programs: one for small not-for-profit arts organizations and another for individual artists. The 2008 United Arts Fund (UAF) program will include two $1,000 awards for artists and three or four organizational grants of $1,500 or less.
CAP’s new Executive Director, Brett Bossard, sees the United Arts Fund as an additional way the organization can strengthen Ithaca’s already thriving arts community: “The UAF truly illustrates our mission at CAP to not only promote Ithaca’s arts, but also to provide practical support to those who produce the art. In addition to funding the artists and organizations, the United Arts Fund grants give us another chance to connect them to the larger arts community and foster the kind of collaboration that is crucial to everyone’s success.”
Many of CAP’s other grant programs—like the Decentralization, CAP II, and Local Capacity Building grants—are made possible through funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. Unlike those grants, the United Arts Fund depends solely on the contributions that CAP solicits from local businesses and individuals each year. Bossard is hopeful that despite the UAF’s relatively modest beginnings this year, the program will eventually return as an important source of support for the community. “This year’s fundraising efforts should make the 2009 grants bigger and better,” he says, “and we’re investigating a number of new ways to make sure the UAF continues to grow in the coming years.” The United Arts Fund program began when CAP was formed in 1992 and continued through 2004. Since its inception, $235,000 has been distributed to arts organizations and artists.
Applications and guidelines for the 2008 United Arts Fund grants are available for download at www.artspartner.org or in person at the Community Arts Partnership offices at the Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga Street in downtown Ithaca. For more information about the UAF or any of the Community Arts Partnership’s programs and services, contact Program Director Robin Schwartz at 273-5072, e-mail programs@artspartner.org, or visit www.artspartner.org.
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